Coordination and subordination: the test

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  1. In Because John was alone we invited him for dinner but he didn't want to come we have:
    1.   Three subordinated clauses
    2.   One subordinate clause and two coordinated clauses
    3.   Three coordinated clauses
    4.   Two subordinated clauses and one coordinated clause
  2. In The car broke down and that was why I was late we have:
    1.   A relative adverbial phrase acting to coordinate
    2.   A relative pronoun phrase acting to subordinate
    3.   A relative adverb phrase acting to subordinate
    4.   A sentence in which the clauses can be reversed with no loss of meaning
  3. Two independent clauses can only be joined by ...
    1.   subordination
    2.   linking
    3.   attachment
    4.   coordination
  4. In She left the money on the kitchen table before she went out and the boy took it we have:
    1.   Three coordinated clauses
    2.   Two coordinated clauses and one subordinated clause
    3.   One main clause and two coordinated subordinate clauses
    4.   Three subordinated clauses
  5. In Tired, miserable, wet, we waited for the bus we have:
    1.   Asyndectic subordination
    2.   A subordinated clause
    3.   Asyndectic coordination
    4.   A missing subordinator
  6. Why is So that I could see his footsteps the snow was fresh on the ground wrong?
    1.   Because it should be ... the snow was so fresh on the ground that ...
    2.   Because so that is a subordinator and cannot be fronted
    3.   Because the direction of causality is mistaken
    4.   Because so that is a coordinator and cannot be fronted
  7. In So that she could see, she stood on a box we have:
    1.   A fronted subordinator
    2.   A compound sentence
    3.   A fronted coordinator
    4.   A compound-complex sentence
  8. In In order to catch the bus he hurried down the road we have:
    1.   A coordinating conjunction
    2.   A preposition acting to coordinate
    3.   A complex subordinating conjunction
    4.   A preposition acting to subordinate
  9. Why is She stayed at home so it was raining wrong but It was raining so she stayed at home correct?
    1.   Because the conjunction is only a coordinator when it refers to cause and effect
    2.   Because although the conjunction is a coordinator, this is semantically impossible
    3.   Because the conjunction should be because of in this case
    4.   Because although the conjunction is a subordinator, this is semantically impossible
  10. In Not wearing a tie will mean they won't let you in we have:
    1.   A non-finite verb form acting as a conditional subordinator
    2.   A sentence in which the clauses can be reversed with no loss of meaning
    3.   A coordinated sentence of two clauses
    4.   A simple sentence with no subordination